Find a PhD supervisor

Once you've identified the subject area you wish to research, you will need to find a supervisor for your project. All Doctoral Researchers are provided with a lead supervisor, who will act as the main source of academic supervisory support and research mentoring during your time as a Doctoral Researcher at the University.

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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ for supervisors below to see who you think may be a great fit for your research area. Once you have identified they are able to offer appropriate supervisory support, you can start to reach out to staff using the contact details provided on their profile. 

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Dr Michaela Giebelhausen

Dr Michaela Giebelhausen

Assistant Professor of Art History and Curatorial Practice

Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies

Museum Histories, Museum Architecture, Exhibition Histories, Curatorial Practice, Victorian Art, Pre-Raphaelites, Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century British Art and Architecture

Professor Ruth Gilligan

Professor Ruth Gilligan

Professor in Creative Writing

Department of Film and Creative Writing

I would be very interested in receiving proposals for postgraduate projects on any themes related to my research (eg. contemporary fiction; writing the ‘other’; experimental forms; Irish Studies). Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any queries!

Professor Julie Gilson

Professor Julie Gilson

Professor in Asian Studies and the Environment

Department of Political Science and International Studies

My main interests focus on climate change in Asia, environmental politics, and civil society in Asia. Previously I have published work on East Asian regionalism, Asia-Europe inter-regional relations and Japanese foreign policy, and is happy to accept proposals related to these themes.

My current and recent projects include work on:
Environmental politics and waste in Southeast Asia
The role of sustainability chapters in free trade agreements
EU-Japan relations
Japanese foreign ...





Mr Alan Girling

Mr Alan Girling

Honorary Reader in Medical Statistics

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Currently supervising students in: the headroom method applied to the early-stage valuation of medical devices; and in a meta-analytic approach to the analysis of inter-country differences in the effectiveness of clinical treatments.

Dr Scott Glaberman

Dr Scott Glaberman

Associate Professor
Centre for Environmental Research and Justice

School of Biosciences

Dr Scott Glaberman's lab is recruiting postgraduate students to pursue PhD studies in the following research areas:

  • Leveraging evolutionary principles to understand species sensitivity to chemicals
  • Analysing toxicology data within a One Health framework using big data approaches
  • Developing nematodes (including C. elegans) as model organisms in toxicology
  • Advancing environmental monitoring of contaminants through risk-based approaches
  • Reimagining risk assessment practices for environmental contaminants
Investigating evolutionary mechanisms of cancer resistance and ...

Professor Jon Glasby

Professor Jon Glasby

Professor of Health and Social Care

Department of Social Work and Social Care

Jon has recently supported PhD students studying topics such as:

Public-private partnerships in the NHS
Joint working in children's services
Parity of esteem in mental health services
The governance of housing associations in Northern Ireland
Public service motivation in Chinese welfare services
The development of the social work profession in Palestine
Youth mental health services in the UK and Australia
The ethics of telecare in services for older people/people with ...








Aditya Goenka

Aditya Goenka

Chair in Economics
Deputy Head of Department

The Department of Economics

  • Currently supervising one PhD student and second supervisor to one student.
  • Primary supervisor of 12 PhD’s in the past, and supervisory committee for 11 PhDs.

Dr Elvan Gokalp

Dr Elvan Gokalp

Associate Professor

Business School

Healthcare Operations Managemen; Machine/Reinforcement Learning; Stochastic programming; Simulation modelling

Professor Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer

Professor Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer

Professor in Micro-Engineering and Bio-Nanotechnology
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow

School of Chemical Engineering

Pola G. Oppenheimer is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Design and Fabrication of Micro and Nano-structured Sensing Surfaces
  • New Bio-Nanomaterials for Therapeutics and Health Care
  • Structural Nanotechnology: Nano-assemblies and Scaffolds
  • Structured Carbon Nanotubes & Graphene-Based Devices
  • Biommimetics

If you are interested in any of these subject areas please contact Pola Oppenheimer on the contact details above, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email: ...

Dr Yadira Gonzalez Espinosa

Dr Yadira Gonzalez Espinosa

Research Fellow

School of Chemical Engineering

Yadira provides supervision for some Masters and PhD students within the group.

Dr Damian Gonzalez-Salzberg

Dr Damian Gonzalez-Salzberg

Associate Professor
Head of Planning and Strategy

Birmingham Law School

Damian is keen to supervise postgraduate research students in the following areas:

International and Regional Protection of Human Rights
The work of international courts
Human Rights Research Methods
LGBTQI Rights
Feminist and Queer Legal Theories





Dr Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente

Dr Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente

Associate Professor in Political Economy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

I welcome suggestions and proposals for PhD supervision on projects concerning South-South relations and development cooperation, and in particular China’s relations with the Caribbean and Latin America.